Five years ago, we observed that no evidence existed from controlled studies link-ing
forgiveness to physiology, health, or disease (Thoresen, Harris, & Luskin, 2000). Since then …

Exploring possible relationships among forgiveness, disease, and physical health is truly at
the frontiers of forgiveness research. To date, no controlled studies have demonstrated that …

We summarize 55 studies examining forgiveness and physical health published between
2000 and 2018. Studies must have used measures both of forgiveness and physical health …

The relationship of forgiveness, both state and trait, to health was assessed. Eighty-one
community adults completed a packet of questionnaires and participated in a laboratory …

Research has revealed that forgiveness may have beneficial effects for the forgiver's health.
The present research explored whether reductions in anger underlie such effects, or …

The extant data linking forgiveness to health and well-being point to the role of emotional
forgiveness, particularly when it becomes a pattern in dispositional forgivingness. Both are …

Background Psychological stress is a well-known risk factor for poor health, and recent
research has suggested that the emotion-focused coping process of forgiveness may help …

Objective: We explore meta-analytic associations between health and forgiveness, testing a
number of potential theoretical and methodological factors that could alter that association …

The empirical examination of the role of forgiveness in the context of well-being and mental
health is burgeoning. Since 1947, 714 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles have been …

Experimental evidence suggests that when people are transgressed against interpersonally,
they often react by experiencing unforgiveness. Unforgiveness is conceptualized as a stress …